Win7 Fresh install for lazy people

I have on order W530 that comes with 500GB HDD and I plan to upgrade to SSD immediately.

I'm aware there are abundant info on how to fresh/clean install Win 7 but i'm too lazy to follow through all that.

Besides, I need to use it immediately for my work. So I'm planning to do the SSD upgrade as painless as possible.



My plan is to make factory recovery disc(using DVD burner), install SSD, and run the factory recovery on new SSDs.

Once I done that, is there any additional tricks I should do to improve stability/performance of the Windows 7?

Of course I'm planning to run Windows Update, and perhaps update Video driver if there are any.



I'm mainly concerned if I should update hard disk driver to Intel RST, and if so, to what version, since the recovery

will be optimized for running a hard drive, and not a SSD (am I correct on this?)



Another area of concern is that I'm planning to create separate partition once the Windows is up and running.

(because I'm getting either 480gb or 960gb ssd and either will be too big for one giant partition)

Unlike the days of yore, I seem to be able to create and separate new partition using the built-in Windows disk tools.

But I've never done it before and I'm nervous. Is it safe to use Windows built-in tools without resorting to the third party

tools in terms of stability and reliability? or is there a better third-party tool that is generally recommended for this purpose?




That's all I can think of for now. If there's anything I'm missing, please let me know.


Many thanks in advance

 

No. It will install on SSD just fine. Just apply the usual SSD tweaks of your choice afterwards and you're golden.

I'd suggest running Lenovo's System Update before Windows Update, though. Your call.

I use GParted and was never unhappy with the results. YMMV.

 

The partition resize tools in Windows 7 Disk Management work well and I've found them to be stable. However, ajkula66's suggestion of Gparted is a very good option as well.